Congrats to skype student Angela Guan for making table tennis history!  This week, at the 2014 World Junior Championships, Angela Guan and the US Girl's Team won a bronze medal; this is the first world junior championship medal ever won by a US Team.  Keep up the good work Angela!  Best wishes in the singles and doubles competition this week!
 

 
 
In College, you learn new information from lectures and from personal study.  Each week, your professor will likely send home a short homework assignment then about twice per month, you will likely take a quiz over the new material.  About half-way through the semester, you will have a mid-term then at the end of the semester take a final exam.
 

 
 
 
Here are the winners of the 2014 Ohio Circuit!!!
 
Over 2000 Division
1st Place Ali Khatami 34 points 
2nd Place Samson Dubina 33 points  

Under 2000 Division
Tied for 1st place Shreyans Bafna 38 points 
Tied for 1st place Blake Cottrell 38 points 

September Newgy Akron Ohio
Giant Round Robin Table Tennis Tournament
 
 

 
Here are the draws for this weekend!
 
http://omnipong.com/T-tourney.asp?t=103&r=66
 
 

 
 
 
We are looking for some friendly volunteers for our Sep 26-27 Tournament at Walsh University.
 
Here are the jobs that we are still looking to fill...
Player Transportation - Airport Pickup (Friday night)
Table Moving (Friday morning and Saturday night)
Tournament Work (Friday 4pm-9pm and Saturday 9am-9pm)
Scorekeeping (Friday 4:30pm-9pm and Saturday 9am-9pm)
 

 
 
I would like to invite you to our exciting events here in Ohio.  Click the links below to check out the entry forms and see who else is coming!  
See you soon!
Samson
 
 
Sep 26-27 Tournament Entry Form:  http://www.samsondubina.com/sites/default/files/RegistrationForms/tourna...

Here are the circuit leaders....
Junior Division

Dey, Tapabrata
Jr

Hamrahian, Seyed Hesam
Jr

Liu, Roger
Jr

Khatami, Ali
Jr

Khatami, Sarveen
Jr

Averin, Alex
Jr

Bafna, Shreyans
Jr

Baker, Carl
Jr

Harris, Anwen
Jr

 
Over 2000 division

Dey, Tapabrata
O-2000

If you have not signed up for the September Newgy Akron Open, be sure to do so in the next few days!  This exciting event staged at the prestigious Walsh University will showcase the nations top players including:
Kanak Jha - Current North American Men's Champion (age 14)
Khoa Ngyuen - 2x US Olympian 
Xue Feng Jia - pro player from China flying to Ohio for this tournament
Many many other top US players competing for the title and the cash prizes.
 
 

I am very happy for Lily Zhang who just won a bronze medal in the Youth Olympic games.  She is the first American ever to win a medal in table tennis for the US at any Olympic games.  I feel that Lily is really a role-model in several aspects...
 
1. Training.  Even if Lily can only practice a couple times per week, she does it with all of her heart.  There isn't waisted time with lobbing, trick shots, and chatting with the other coaches and players.  It is obvious to see during her practices that she has a goal and it focused on that goal.